Would you like insect parts with that?

That’s apparently what some rogue online pharmacies should be asking their customers when they order prescription medications from their Web sites!

According to news reports:

A new study by the European Union found that 62 percent of medications bought online were not what they were said to be. The study used purchases of 30 medications from 100 Internet pharmacies.

“They have heavy metals in them. They have insect parts. They have pesticides in them,” C. Wayne Weart, a pharmacy professor at the Medical University of South Carolina, said, “And some of them have some of the active ingredients, and some don’t. And some have other drugs.”

Weart also said many Internet pharmacies claim to be in Canada, but actually are in places like Africa, India or Pakistan.

Weart is right. Many rogue pharmacies claim to be licensed Canadian pharmacies, but actually aren’t legitimate pharmacies at all. They are criminal operations based in Third World ratholes, willing to risk your safety (or even your life) to scam you for a few dollars.

These rogue pharmacies — most of which are no prescription pharmacies — try to fool you by claiming to be Canadian and by even putting the seals of organizations like the Canadian International Pharmacy Association (CIPA) on their sites.

It’s critical that the online pharmacy you order from is actually licensed in Canada (or in a Tier 1 country like Australia, New Zealand or the U.K.) You can be certain that the pharmacies in the No Prescription Needed network are all properly licensed. We can even show you how to confirm this on official Canadian government Web sites.

So don’t take chances. Join No Prescription Needed to save — and be safe.

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